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Dr Stephen Cochrane

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Stephen Cochrane

Dr Stephen Cochrane

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

The Cochrane lab use the tools of organic synthesis and molecular biology to to develop new antimicrobial compounds and targets. Our current research interests includes the synthesis of novel antimicrobial and anticancer peptides. This allows us to determine their bioactivity and how they exert their therapeutic effect. We also develop new tools to study bacterial glycolipid-processing enzymes. These are an interesting class of enzymes that process lipid-linked substrates and several are current or potential antibiotic targets.

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  • s.cochrane@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4389
  • @Cochrane_lab

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Antibiotic synthesis
  • Antimicrobial peptide synthesis
  • Development of novel enzyme probes

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Synthesis of novel antimicrobials to kill multidrug-resistant bacteria
  • New tools for new antibiotic targets – The development of novel probes for mechanistic studies on bacterial glycolipid-processing enzymes

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council New Investigator Award (2019)

  • Royal Society Research Fund (2018)

  • Theime Chemistry Journals Award for Outstanding Early-Career Researchers in Organic Chemistry (2019)

  • Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015)

  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2011)


Research students

PhD title Structural and Mechanistic Studies on Antimicrobial Peptides
Year 2017-2020
Country  Northern Ireland
   
PhD Titile Synthesis of Labelled Prenols as Probes for New Antibiotic Targets
Year 2017 – 2019
Country China
   
PhD Title Synthesis of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides
Year 2019-2023
Country Northern Ireland

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  • Faculty of Engineering And Physical Sciences
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology
  • Material and Advanced Technologies for Healthcare

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